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- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.516 · Registration records; public inspection.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.518 · Organization of new township; first registration of electors; records; notice; incorporation of new city; registration records; annexation to city; statement by township clerk.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.519 · Illegal or fraudulent registration; penalty.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.52 · Gubernatorial candidates; nomination at primary.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.520 · Illegal or fraudulent registration; township or city clerk, powers and duties; assistance by police or sheriff; assistant examiners, appointment, expenses.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.521 · Illegal or fraudulent registration; removal of names; notice; reinstatement; review by mandamus; challenge.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.522 · Making, certifying, and delivering computer tape, disk, or listing of names and addresses of registered electors; year, month, and day of birth of elector; information exempt from disclosure.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.523 · Identification of registered elector; presenting identification for election purposes; execution of application; challenge; affidavit; approval, initial, and notation of application; application as poll list; filing application; notations on cards or lists; record of voting participation.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.523a · Individual not listed on voter registration list; issuance of ballot; procedure.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.523b · Establishment of election day vote centers; requirements; election inspector duties.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.53 · Office of governor; nominating petitions; signatures; form; filing.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.531 · Primary elections; nomination of candidates by direct vote.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.532 · Nomination by caucus or convention where principal candidate receives less than 5% of vote cast for candidates for secretary of state.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.533 · Applicability of act.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.534 · General primary; time; party candidates; condition to nomination.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.535 · General primary; nomination of nonpartisan candidates.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.538 · Primary election; notice; posting; publication.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.539 · City and county primary elections; not held when no opposition; certification of candidates; notice to city and township clerks, public notice.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.54 · Candidates for nomination; withdrawal, notice.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.540 · Nonpartisan primary elections; when not held; certification of candidates.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.541 · District primary elections; not held when no opposition; certification of candidates; notice to city and township clerks.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.542 · Nominating petitions; provisions governing.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.544a · Nonpartisan nominating petitions; size, form, contents.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.544b · Candidates for judicial office; affidavit of qualifications to be filed with nominating petitions.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.544c · Nominating petition; type size; form; contents; circulation and signing; validity of elector's signature; agreement of circulator to accept jurisdiction; service with legal process; violations; misdemeanor; felony; sanctions; refusal of individual to comply with subpoena; applicability of section to all sections.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.544d · Nominating petitions for offices and purposes; circulation; form; identification of city or township; certificate of circulator; other form not prohibited.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.544e · Canvassing petitions; number designations for months.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.544f · Number of signatures required.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.545 · Nominating petitions; combination of two offices.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.546 · Nominating petitions; supply by county and city clerks; printing by candidate.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.547a · Nominating petitions; signatures by voters, number, counting.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.548 · Nominating petitions; maximum number of signatures.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.549 · Nominating petitions; excess signatures, counting.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.55 · Candidate for office of governor or lieutenant governor; write-in.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.550 · Candidates for nomination; qualification upon compliance with act.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.551 · Nominating petitions or filing fees; filing period.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.552 · Nominating petitions; certification by county or city clerk; sworn complaint; investigation to determine validity of signatures and genuineness of petition; examination of petitions; declaration of sufficiency or insufficiency of petitions; review; filing of nominating petitions with secretary of state; notification; canvass of petitions; hearing; subpoenas; oaths; adjournment; completion of canvass; availability to public; declaration; request for notice of approval or rejection of petition; judicial review; use of qualified voter file; certification to boards of election commissioners.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.552a · Validity of petition or signature.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.553 · Nominating petitions; insufficiency, notice to candidate.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.554 · List of candidates; posting.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.555 · Nominating petitions and filing fees; public record, contents; public inspection.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.556 · Nominating petitions; final disposition, record.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.558 · Filing nominating petition, qualifying petition, filing fee, or affidavit of candidacy; affidavit of identity; requirement to indicate name change; exception; statement; noncompliance; selection of office to which candidacy restricted; failure to make selection; perjury separate violation.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.559 · Official primary election ballots; preparation, distribution.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.56 · Candidate for office of governor; death; selection of candidate to fill vacancy; ballots.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.560 · Ballots; use; size.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.560a · General election ballot; listing political party and name; qualification.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.560b · Name appearing on ballot; change; appearance of given and middle name; nickname; common law name; married name; violation.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.561 · Official primary election ballots; offices for which name of candidate to be included; filing request for clarifying designation of same or similar surnames; notice of determination; appeal; printing occupation, date of birth, or residence of candidate; incumbency designation; guidelines.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.561a · Official ballots; designation of candidate with same given and surname as incumbent.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.562 · Official ballots; delegates to county convention.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.562b · Election as delegate to state convention or national convention; signing affidavit; voting for presidential candidate; filing affidavit.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.563 · Primary election ballots; number; weight and color of paper; printing and arrangement.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.564 · Official ballots; failure of party to file required petitions, party ballot not printed.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.565 · Filing, mailing, and correcting proof copies of ballots; affidavit.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.566 · Official primary ballots; posting for public inspection.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.567 · Official primary ballots; errors, correction by board of election commissioners.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.568 · Official primary election ballots; form; order and title of offices.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.569 · Official primary ballots; numbering; separation of columns.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.569a · Rotation of names; manner; effect of using absent voter counting board; section applicable to nonpartisan general elections and municipal elections.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.57 · Gubernatorial candidates; nominees, certification.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.570 · Paper ballots; numbering; identification; function of and requirements for detachable stub; distribution of ballots; form.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.570a · Official primary ballot; candidates for township offices; party qualification.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.572 · Official primary ballots; provision for write-in votes.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.573 · Official primary ballots; packaging, seal, certification.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.574 · Primary election; board of primary election inspectors, membership.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.575 · Primary elections; furnishing ballots to electors.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.576 · Marking ballot; voting for person not on ballot; effect of voting more than 1 party ticket; section subject to MCL 168.736a.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.576a · Primary elections; electors, number of votes.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.577 · Primary elections; electors, folding and delivery of ballots.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.578 · Primary elections; poll list, comparison of ballot number.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.579 · Primary elections; electors; exposure of ballot; rejection; applicability of section under MCL 168.736a.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.58 · Gubernatorial candidates; withdrawal after nomination.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.580 · Counting ballots; candidates considered to have received votes; rejection of ballot.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.581 · Primary elections; canvass of returns and declaration of results.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.582 · Person voted for on party ballot whose name is not printed on ballot and who has not filed nominating petition; votes required for nomination.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.583 · Primary election day; service of civil process on electors prohibited.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.584 · Voting machines authorized in primaries.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.585 · Primary elections; use of voting machines; supplementary ballots.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.586 · Provisions applicable to use of voting machines; appearance of names of candidates; determination of feasibility.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.587 · Primary elections; voting machines, straight ticket and excess voting prevented.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.588 · Primary elections; voting machines, number in precinct.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.59 · Gubernatorial candidates; death, withdrawal or disqualification; new candidate, selection, certification; ballots.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.590 · Qualifying petition; filing; filing fee in lieu of petition prohibited; qualifications.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.590a · Qualifying petition; form, size, and contents; circulation on countywide basis.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.590b · Qualifying petition; signatures; time.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.590c · Qualifying petition; filing; time; filing notice of withdrawal.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.590d · Filing name of person to appear on ballot as candidate for lieutenant governor; form; qualification; noncompliance; filing name of person to appear on ballot as candidate for vice-president; qualifications and number of presidential electors; form; noncompliance.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.590e · Providing blank qualifying petition forms.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.590f · Applicability of certain provisions; canvass; hearing; certification.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.590g · Person filing qualifying petition; restrictions; selecting single office to which candidacy restricted; failure to make selection.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.590h · Qualifying petition; size; type size; form; reference to political party prohibited; prohibited conduct; violations; misdemeanor; felony; penalties.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.591 · Commencement of state convention in even numbered years; date, time, and location; issuance of calls.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.592 · County conventions in even numbered years; purpose; time; designation of date, place, and hour of meeting; issuance of call; number of delegates; counties having 2 or more congressional districts; committee; temporary chairperson; organization; election and certification of delegates.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.593 · State conventions in odd years; time, issuance of calls; apportionment of delegates among counties.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.594 · County convention in odd years; time and place, issuance of call; election of delegates to state convention; congressional district conventions, committee, temporary chairman, election of delegates, certification.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.595 · Delegates to state conventions; apportionment to wards, precincts, townships or districts; basis.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.595a · Delegates to state convention; legislators as delegates at large, alternates, vote.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.596 · Fall conventions and spring conventions; definition.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.597 · State central committee; members, officers, term of service.